All her life, MJ has known that she likes women.

Bading. Lesbian. A woman lover.

In her eyes, every woman is beautiful.

Nakakatawa pa nga kasi sa friend group niya, parang siya yung token gay friend. Especially when she's with Mary Jane.

BFF sila since high school. Same nickname, parehas na magaganda. 

When MJ is with Mary Jane, she becomes a walking cliche. Para siyang tinatakan ng second lead syndrome. 

She's the gay best friend who's on the sidelines. She's the gay best friend who's funny and loud. At akala ng marami na isa lang siyang background character sa buhay ni Mary Jane.

In their eyes, she's the one who follows Mary Jane around na parang tuta.

Hell no! 

She's way too good to be someone's sidekick. Kung akala nila na isa siyang second lead, well she's the main character in her story. MJ has never walked behind Mary Jane. They were always in step with each other. 

At isa pa, Mary Jane is such a great best friend na never naman niyang pinakita na isang lang siyang token gay friend. 

As a matter of fact, si Mary Jane pa nga ang palaging nagpupush kay MJ sa mga babaeng nagugustuhan niya.

Because while Mary Jane got the boys' attention, MJ had pretty little girls fawning over her. And more often than not, MJ loved the attention. It inflated her ego.

Enter Karina. 

Oo, sa tingin nga mga tao second lead lang siya dahil si Mary Jane ang unang pinapansin ng mga. 

Wala naman kay MJ yun. Mary Jane likes men (ew). So she never cared that Mary Jane got attention.

Not until Karina. 

Astronomy class, second floor lecture hall. 

Mahirap hindi tingnan si Karina. Gaya ni Mary Jane, her whole entire being screamed to be looked at.

Ang ganda! 

And while MJ had an idea that Karina's eyes followed her best friend's every move, she held onto their short eye contact and shy smiles . 

Kaya nga naman na hurt ng slight si MJ when she realized that it was Mary Jane that Karina had anticipated coming to Starbucks. 

Pero that.

She's the main character in her story. Hindi na niya palalagpasin ang chance para makausap si Karina. 

Buti na lang pinalaki siyang isang confident, beautiful girl. Also, Mary Jane would have really slapped her if she knew na bigla siyang naduwag.

Mama didn't raise no quitter. 

And pursuing Karina was…interesting.

Para kasing tsundere — hot and cold lang. 

Nakikita ni MJ na naiinis si Karina sa kanya kasi ang yabang daw niya. May maiyayabang naman kasi diba? Not to be conceited pero alam naman ni MJ that she's attractive. Hindi lang kasi sabi ng Mama niya. At the same time, MJ would catch Karina smiling to herself when she thinks she isn't looking. 

Ha! 

They all fold in the end. 

MJ is way too charming.

"Karina," tawag ni MJ sa ka-MU niya. MU ba? Basta, they're kinda dating. Palagi na kasi silang lumalabas even after their Valentine's date. Pakipot lang talaga to si Karina. 

"Ano?" Napangiti naman si MJ nang makita niyang nakasimangot na kaagad si Karina. Nainis lang din si Karina sa smile ni MJ. "Bakit ka ba ngisi ng ngisi diyan? Baliw ka ba?" 

"Baliw sayo." 

Bingo.

Hindi na maiwasan ni MJ na ngumiti ng napakalaki. Karina gets affected way too easily sa mga banat ni MJ. 

"Che!" Inirapan ni Karina si MJ. She's trying so hard not to show she's not affected pero her red neck is just a dead giveaway. "Ano ba kasi yun, MJ? I'm trying to read here." 

Without hesitation, MJ held Karina's han